Pocketbook



FOCKETBOOK Filed Nov. l, 1923.

WITNESS/SS /i TTOR/UEYS .Patented July Q1, 1923.I l

UNITED "STA-Tas.

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`l f v l Application tiled November 1 1921. Serial No. .$112,084.

. particularly to that type of bags in which a `main change receptacle serves as the carrying and supporting means oi a plurality of yEdil `vention to provide a pockets arrangedy on either side thereof. lit is one oi' the ob`ects of the present iniiand bag with a pocket oi the accordion type.

lt is a further object of vthe inventionto construct the bag so that the accordion poclret will be-uponthe exterior of the frame of the ba lit is a hrtherobject oi the inventilony to i provide a concealed or safety pocket within a pocket arranged upon the exterior ot the trame f the above and other objects in view,

reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which )Figa pochetbooh constrhicted in accordance withl the present invention, said pocket-boch being;1

f extended toopenposition;

lig. 2 a perspective `view of the pockethoch with the several pockets in open position and showingA the location'and arrangement of the eaety or concealed pocket of the pocket-boch. 1

Referring more specically to the drawings, the pocket-bookA enmprises a main change or money pocket 5, and said main change or money pocket is termed in theordinary manner upon a suitable frame structure o. 'lhis trame is provided with dii ` changent' money pochet 5, is apocket 9, and

suitable eyes or the lihe 7 by means or which the handle 8 is attached thereto, all oi which is constructed in the usual manner.

Secured to the rear tace of the main said pocliet 9 is ot the ordinary ll t pe commonly emdployed in devices ot this aracter.

Secure to the front wall of the main change or money pocket 5, as bystitching 10, is a pocket 12. This pocket 12 is of the bellows or accordion type',.and is provided with Y end walls 11, a trontwall 13, and a rear wall re 1 is a view'in end' elevation' oi a l 'lhe stitching lO'heretofore mentioned passes through the rear wal-lof the pocket at a point v.removed from theends thereof, as more clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Each of the Aend .walls 1l land the bottom wall 15 of thepocket, is provided with acentrallydisposed line of,fo1d 16. 'lhe rear wall 1t of the pocket 12 is extended las at 17, to provide acover adapted ytoiold at the point designated'by' 4the reference character 13, and said cover is provided with a snap or other suitablefaiastening 19 adapted to engage a suitable fastening 20.' carried by the iront wall 11d-'of the ,pocket fL2. Mounted within the` pocketv l2 and normally tormin the rear wallthereof, is a partition 20, an said partition 20v is provided with sockets 21 of separable fasteners to be hereinatter more s ecically referred to.

Secured to t e rear wall 1t of the pocket 12, is a dop 22, and said hap 22 is provided with the head members 23 ot vthe separable f fasteners, which-head members are vto be received within the socket members 21 when.

they llap 22 isQfoldedv downwardly over the partition -wall- 20. By this construction it is apparentthat the ipartition-20 in reality forms the rear wallet the forward poclret 12, and that the space between the partition'4 20 and the rear wall 1t of the forward' pocket,

providesa safety or concealed pocket which v is hiddenb the Hap 22 when the same-is in its folded-,own position.

The rear.r wall ot therear pocket 9 is ertended an indicated by the reference character 3l), and is provided with a head member 31 of a separa le fastener, said head member 31 being adapt/ed to be received within a socket vmember .32 carried on the iront wall of the forward pocket 12.

From the foregoing it is apparent that by providinga pocket 12 of the bellows or accordion type upon the front wall of the main change or money pocket, this pocket is capable oitu carrying a greater quantity/ot:

concealed pocket, such as thepocket formed by the partition 20 and the flap 22, since this pocket may carry material without vbulgingor distorting theouter pocket 12.. ,Y

From the foregoing, it is apparent that larger number fof articles without un uly distorting and consequent bulging, than is possible with a pocket-book of ordinary construction.

' I Claim:

' A pocket book comprising a main frame, a pocket formed on said main frame, abellows pocket mounted on the front of said firstmentioned pocket, mounted on the back of said first-mentioned pocket, a partition separating saidbellows pocket `from the front wall of the first-mentiond pocket, a pocket I`formed on said para collapsible pocket.

tition and between the partition and the rear wall of the bellows pocket, a flap carried by said partition'and adapted to overlap the rear wall of the vbellows pocket to close the pocket formed between -the rear wall and the partition, a second flap carried by the rstmentioned eketand adapted to overlie the bellows poc et to form a closure therefor, and

a flap forming an extension of the rear wall of the collapsible pocket and extending to the front wall of the bellows pocket to close the entire open`side of all of the pockets, substantially as described.

BERNARD STEMBER.- 

